Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49513

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU104865

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49513

Published: February 26, 2025 / Updated: May 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU104865
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49513
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the free_policy_dbs_info(), cpufreq_dbs_governor_init() and cpufreq_dbs_governor_exit() functions in drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openEuler
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_255-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-syms
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-man
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers

How to mitigate CVE-2022-49513

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.15.91, 5.18.3, 5.19
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_255-default - update to 1-8.5.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-base - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-syms - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-source - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-macros - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.255.1
bpftool - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
python3-perf - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
perf - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.19.90-2503.4.0.0320, 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-259.0.0.161, 5.10.0-259.0.0.162

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